The campaign financing case is one of several investigations which have dogged Sarkozy since he left office. It centres on allegations that false accounting was used to conceal campaign overspending by his office in the 2012 presidential elections. Sarkozy's lawyer Thierry Herzog on Monday dismissed news that prosecutors had recommended a trial as a "shoddy new political manoeuvre". Along with Sarkozy, prosecutors are seeking a trial for 13 others. The scandal has been dubbed the Bygmalion affair, after a public relations firm that organised some of Sarkozy's campaign appearances in 2012.

Source: The Local September 06, 2016 20:37 UTC